Catholics of the Diocese of Peoria will soon learn the results and implications of the yearlong “Growing in Faith Together” study that will impact all parishes. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, is now studying the final recommendations made by the Diocesan Planning Commission following a two-day meeting in late June. The advisory group weighed recommendations […]
Continue readingARLINGTON — A new Celtic garden added to the landscaping on the southwest side of St. Patrick’s Church here was blessed and dedicated following the 10:30 a.m. Mass on June 24. Its design replicates miniature gardens found throughout Ireland and features a Celtic cross, meditation bench, imported stepping stones inscribed with an Irish blessing, and […]
Continue readingURBANA — The Provena Covenant Medical Center Foundation has awarded more than $65,000 to six local agencies for programs that impact community health needs. The grants were announced July 18 through a new fund called “FAITH2” — the Fund to Accelerate Innovation Towards Healing and Hope. “Each of the programs being funded present an exceptional […]
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Photo Caption: Father Robert Rayson, pastor, and Msgr. Albert Hallin, pastor emeritus, ring a century-old church bell that members of St. Boniface Parish in Seymour named “St. Isidore” after the patron of farmers. By: By Tom Dermody SEYMOUR, Ill. (CNS) — The desperation of drought-stricken farmers in the Midwest was evidenced by what topped Mary […]
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Photo Caption: Among those taking part in groundbreaking ceremonies for the new St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria on June 28 were Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, and Father Patrick Henehan, pastor. By: By Tom Dermody Calling it “a great day for St. Jude and also a great day for our diocese,” Bishop Daniel R. […]
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Photo Caption: At the June 28 Mass are jubilarians Msgr. William Watson (50), Father Joseph Anderson (50), Father Gabriel Msoka, (25), Father John Onderko (50), and newly ordained Father Johnathan Steffen. By: By Tom Dermody Fifty years in 11 minutes. Msgr. Richard Pricco, pastor of St. Paul’s Parish in Macomb for 35 of his 50 […]
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The Diocese of Peoria released the following statement after the June 28 ruling by the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the health reform law: —– Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, believes that today’s Supreme Court ruling will have no impact upon the Catholic Church’s legal case regarding being […]
Continue readingLA SALLE — Supporters of the Diocese of Peoria’s priestly vocations program will gather in LaSalle on Friday, Aug. 3, for the Msgr. George A. Carton College Seminarian Scholarship Dinner. The dinner, to take place at Celebrations 150 on Route 6 east of LaSalle, provides an opportunity for guests to meet and hear from current […]
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Photo Caption: Shirley Plaag, director of religious education at Corpus Christi Parish in Galesburg, asks Bishop Jenky a question during a “Stump the Bishop” evening of Theology on Tap in Peoria on June 27. By: By Tom Dermody The evening with young Catholic adults in a crowded pub was called “Stump the Bishop,” but there […]
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The Diocese of Peoria released the following statement after the June 28 ruling by the United States Supreme Court decision upholding the health reform law: —– Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, believes that today’s Supreme Court ruling will have no impact upon the Catholic Church’s legal case regarding being […]
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